And though I might have learnt more wit and advancedmy understanding by living in a Court,yet being dull, fearful and bashful,I neither heeded what was said or practised,but just what belonged to my loyal duty and my own honest reputation.- Margaret Cavendish

It has been a long while since the United States hadany imperialistic designs toward the outside world.But we have practised within our own boundaries somethingthat amounts to race imperialism.- Wendell Willkie

But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy.- Pierre Laval

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!- Walter Scott

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First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise,a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.- David Brainerd

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches.You can practise as much as you like,but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches.- Greg Rusedski

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is alwaysunreasonable,) he adds one more,who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.- Mary Astell

South Africa was to evolve into the most perniciousexample of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.- Thabo Mbeki

From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was anhour-and-a-half drive each way,so that took a lot of the time.So really, our lives just took different paths.- Jimmy Connors

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love,We should agree as angels do above.- Edmund Waller

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions,has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.- Henry Brooks Adams

They only babble who practise not reflection.- Edward Young

It's about somebody initially knowing more about itthan you do but eventually you learn a lot about ityourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught.- Lynn Davies

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedomcan have the grown-up look in their eyes.- E. M. Forster

Your meditations may be as profound,as exalted,as devout as you like; you may practise every pious exercise you can manage,but all this is as nothing in comparison with the Blessed Sacrament.What we do may be godly, but this sacrament is God Himself!- Johannes Tauler

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modernmusic and modern art is not a conspiracy,but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly,decently and with all their being.- Michael Tippett

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins,that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it:what say they,if all were of your mind; what should become of us?Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?- Thomas Hooker

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say thatI am coughing very badly,as I have been practising all night.- John Philpot Curran

I think there is value in having practising scientistsas leaders of research institutions.- Thomas R. Cech

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practisingwhat I preach which is to always accept responsibility,always accept the consequences of your actions.- David Blunkett

So I did in fact spend two and a half years in theMiddlesbrough car park practising skills.But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practising,you get better.- Craig Johnston

Democracy can only spring from practising it early,and democratic action was not to expected from youngpeople brought up under a close authoritarian system.- Dora Russell

In the polls, over 80% support the right to die andhave done for the last 25 years.Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it,plus 76% of Church Times readers.- Polly Toynbee

So for a year I spent all my time hiding from JackCharlton in the car park practising my skills.- Craig Johnston

He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks.It's just such a curious thing.- Simon Callow

I think that practising the law, particularly litigation,and particularly in Glasgow, has always been difficultenough without adding to it by having problems withprofessional colleagues or former colleagues.- Len G. Murray

Beckham is unusual.He was desperate to be a footballer.His mind was made up when he was nine or ten.Many kids think that it's beyond them.But you can't succeed without practising at any sport.- Bobby Charlton

Here's a bunch of people practising a new set of behavioural norms.Apparently it didn't work because a lot of them got sick.That's the conclusion.You don't necessarily know why it happened.But you start there.- Kary Mullis

Besides, I always thought that one of the great attractionsof practising law was what I like to call the collegialityof the profession and I think that duty of collegialityapplies even when we are retired.- Len G. Murray

The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarshipbut in how Jesus and the Christianity based on himmanifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians.Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs.- Lionel Blue

Our grandchildren's grandchildren will shake their heads in shameat some of the beliefs that we hold most dear today -the question is, which ones?- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Dear Father in heaven, I'm not a praying man,but if you're up there and you can hear me ...show me the way... show me the way.- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

Farewell My FriendIt was beautiful as long as it lastedThe journey of my life.I have no regrets whatsoeversave the pain I'll leave behind.Those dear hearts who love and care...And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...The strong arms that held me upWhen my own strength let me down.At every turning of my lifeI came across good friends,Friends who stood by me,Even when the time raced me by.Farewell, farewell my friendsI smile and bid you goodbye.No, shed no tears for I need them notAll I need is your smile.If you feel sad do think of mefor that's what I'll likewhen you live in the heartsof those you love, remember thenyou never die.- Gitanjali Ghei

Freedom is never dear at any price.It is the breath of life.What would a man not pay for living?- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

The right to be irresponsible is a right I hold dear.- Bono

Those we love don't go away,They walk beside us every day,Unseen, unheard, but always near,Still loved, still missed and very dear.- Anonymous

Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogancewhen in reality it is the opposite.When we can recognize all our good qualitiesas well as or faults with neutrality,we can start to appreciate ourselvesas we would a dear friendand experience the comfortable inner glow of respect.To embrace the journey towards our full potentialwe need to become our own loving teacher and coach.Spurring ourselves on to become better human beings,we develop true regard for ourselves,and our life will become sacred.- Osho

Experience keeps a dear school,but fools will learn in no other.- Benjamin Franklin

There is a time for all things - except marriage,my dear.- Thomas Chatterton